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Europan Journal <strong>of</strong> Educational Studies 2(1), 2010<br />

The study also revealed that there w<strong>as</strong> significant relationship between principal’s <strong>leadership</strong> <strong>behaviour</strong> and<br />

secondary school <strong>effectiveness</strong>. The re<strong>as</strong>on for this might be due to the fact that principals are the men at the<br />

helms <strong>of</strong> the affairs <strong>of</strong> the schools and would always want the schools to achieve the goals for which they are<br />

established. Where the principals provide a good <strong>leadership</strong> <strong>of</strong> the school, sees to members <strong>of</strong> staff welfare,<br />

relates very well with both the teachers and the students, this will facilitate conducive environment for teaching<br />

and learning. This finding is in support <strong>of</strong> Purkey and Smith (1983) and Cruz (1985).<br />

CONCLUSION and RECOMMENDATIONS<br />

B<strong>as</strong>ed on the findings <strong>of</strong> this study, it w<strong>as</strong> concluded that the <strong>leadership</strong> <strong>behaviour</strong> <strong>of</strong> the principals in secondary<br />

schools in southwest Nigeria is very encouraging which depicts the transformational leader. It w<strong>as</strong> also<br />

concluded that the schools were effective in the affective and the psychomotor domains but not effective in the<br />

cognitive domain.<br />

It w<strong>as</strong> recommended that school principals should not relent in their efforts in sustaining the <strong>leadership</strong><br />

<strong>behaviour</strong> in the school system. It w<strong>as</strong> also recommended that the government and all the stakeholders in the<br />

secondary education system should also try to uphold the tempo <strong>of</strong> the performance <strong>of</strong> the students in the<br />

affective and the psychomotor domains while frantic efforts should be made at improving upon the level <strong>of</strong><br />

cognitive achievement <strong>of</strong> the students. High level <strong>of</strong> performance in the three domains <strong>of</strong> learning is what the<br />

schools must strive to achieve.<br />

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